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ID: 7003205
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7003205
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Asiago (inhabited place)  Asiago (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 45 52 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 45.8667  decimal degrees
Long: 011 30 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 11.5000  decimal degrees

Note: Chief town of the Altipiano dei Sette Comuni (a plateau at the foot of the Dolomites 24 miles N of Vicenza); scene of the 'Battle of the Altipiani'in 1916, when it was practically destroyed by the Germans; a center of partisan resistance during WW II.

Names:
Asiago (preferred,C,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Italia (nation)  ........  Italia (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Veneto (region (administrative division))  ............  Veneto (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Vicenza (province)  ................  Vicenza (province) (P)
Hierarchy of Asiago (inhabited place)  ....................  Asiago (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  probably inhabited since prehistoric times; was capital of the Federazione dei Sette Comuni (founded 14th cen.) for centuries
town (C)
battlefield (H)  ............  Battle of the Altipiani, 1916; site of resistance during WWII

Sources and Contributors:
Asiago..........  [VP Preferred]
.................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
.................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 16
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -110794
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) 16
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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